Work-Life Balance: Weighing the Importance of Work-Family and Work-Health Balance.

ABSTRACT: To date, research directed at the work-life balance (WLB) has focused mainly on the work and family domains. However, the current labor force is heterogeneous, and workers may also value other nonworking domains besides the family. The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of other nonworking domains in the WLB with a particular focus on health. Moreover, the importance of the effects of the work-family balance (WFB) and the work-health balance (WHB) on job satisfaction was investigated. Finally, we explored how the effects of the WFB and the WHB on job satisfaction change according to worker characteristics (age, gender, parental status, and work ability). This study involved 318 workers who completed an online questionnaire. The importance of the nonworking domains was comp

SUBMITTER: Gragnano A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7037206 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature